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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-07-30, Page 15FUN AT THE PARK -- The Huron Hope Nursery children en- joyed a morning at the park in Dashwood recently. Volunteer Flora Doerr, Exeter, helps Andrea Kikkert, RR 2 Zurich, down the slide, Staff photo BLUEWATER TV Zurich, Ontario Antenna Sales, Installations, Service & Repairs Channel Master Antennas, Rotators & Boosters (T.1/. Repairs to all Makes) Call 236-4224 Skydiving Demonstration Jumps Grand Bend Beach Every Wed., Sat. & Sun. evenings Weather Permitting Watch for parachutist jump from 3,000 feet and try to land on a 4 inch target. Courtesy of Grand Bend & Area Recreation Committee • cool° Visit Us In Huron Park & Save Holiday Weekend Specials Used Whiskey Barrels with oak staves for bar tables, planters etc. animal -Excellent For Barbecuing MEAT SPECIALISTS LTD BEEFBURGERS RIB EYE STEAK VEAL PATTIES VEAL PATTIES 4C:d" Bleu Breaded SAUSAGE CLUB Quality WIENERS SALAMI $1 19 Schwartz $215 10 lbs. lb. All Beef lb . 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'349), — and — IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Corporation of the Town of Exeter for approval of its Restricted Area By- law 25-1979 Appointment For Hearing THE ONTARIO MUNICIPAL BOARD hereby appoints Monday, the 18th day of August, 1980, at the hour of one o'clock (local time) in the afternoon, at the Municipal Building, 406 Main Street, Exeter, for the hearing of all parties interested in supporting or op- posing this application. If you do not attend and are not represented at this hearing, the Board may proceed in your absence and you will not be entitled to any further notice of the proceedings. In the event the decision is reserved, persons taking part in the hearing may request a copy of the deci- sion from the presiding Board Member. Such deci- sion will be mailed to you when available. DATED at Toronto this 24th day of July, 1980. Secretary Explanatory Note: By-law No. 25, 1979 was a housekeeping amend- ment by-law to Exeter Zoning By-law. This By-law will be heard at the same hearing as the Zoning By- law. Any objectors that did not have their request resolved or still object to this by-law should prepare to attend this hearing. Mary and Bob Fickling and family of The Store would like to thank their customers for their past patronage and wish Anne Miller and family the Best of Luck in the years to come. previous occasions. meeting was held to work on The Piggots met with the 190 budget for the council after a special village. C CriEtot Friday, August 1st Sunset Restaurant and Cabins for- mally "The Store" on 21 Hwy. north of Grand Bend. Drop in for a free coffee August 1st. Daily Specials. Homemade pies. Friday evening to Sunday evening Salad Bar and Smorgasbord Camper supplies in stock to Anne and daughters on the opening of The Sunset Restaurant Mae Morenz (agent) Hugh Evans End of Season CLEARANCE 0 20% to 50% f Men's T-Shirts - Shorts - Pants Shirts - Sweaters - Jackets MASTERCHARdE VISA Open 7 Days A Week 10 a.m. - 9 p.m. the surf shop GRAND BEND 85 MAIN ST. TRY E RB (Country Corners now has 1 a complete line of: 1 FIOATEI.A. - POWER PRODUCTS ON THE THE SPOT FINANCING AT BANK RATES DASHWOOO EXETER 1 MT CARMEL i;ORBETTO GRAND HURON RD N 51 I RENO N ro• COLIN TRY 1/4 CORNER :A 11%. OPEN MON. - SAT. 10-10 SUN. NOON-6 TO NOON, NO 1111 IN 11111 11111111 811. 1111 1111 1111 11111 1111111 MT. CARMEL PHONE 2374456 CV w HWY 83 j, Times-Advocate, July 300 1980 Page 3A Boost GB noise fines FUN IN THE CIRCLE — The Huron Hope Nursery School children enjoy their circle time at the park in Dashwood. Andrea Kikkert ,and Alan Hyde dance as everyone else sings: Staff photo By MARY WARBURTON Right in the heart of Dash- wood there is a closely knit family atmosphere where handicapped children can be helped. It's called the Huron Hope Nursery School and is run by the South Huron and District Assocatiion for the Mentally Handicapped. The nursery meets in a comfortable, modified home, just beside ARC Industries. Nineteen volunteers and five employees from ARC Industries take turns assisting hupervisor Faye Blair and instructors Joan Smith and Kay Kuracina in teaching the eight han- dicapped children enrolled. Miss Blair, who has her diploma in early Childhood Education and is currently working on her Early Childhood Education for the Developmentally ' Handi- capped by correspondence, finds her work at the nursery school challenging and rewarding. She said that often people ask her if it frustrates her when the condition of some children never seems to change. But she said it doesn't because "if there is no change you must be doing something wrong and then you must try again. When something does happen it's a real victory for everyone." If anything, she said it's the children who have reached a higher stage of development who get frustrated because they can't do things as fast as they would like. Miss Blair has had ex- perience working with normal children in a nursery school but said that "with normal children you're not as close. You feel more needed here." She said that normal nursery school age POP GOES THE WEASEL — Leslie Anne Steeper, a summer nursery school employee, helps Andrea Kikkert, RR 2 Zurich, play_iack-in-the box, during circle time at the Huron Hope Nursery School. Staff photo children need help with things like tying their shoe laces, but handicapped children need help with everything. Several handicapped children undergo critical operations. Miss Blair said that often these operations could have the effect of setting them back in their learning progress. Every time they go into hospital it's like a family member missing and they earnestly hope that the child will return safely without set- backs. The Nursery school meets Monday to Thursday mor- nings from 9 to 11:30. The children must get up early because some of them must ride in a taxi for an hour and a half while it picks up all eight children from various locations in southern Huron County. An hour of therapy follows their arrival. Each child has his own special development activities. Progress charts for every child are on the walls so that volunteers know what must be done with each of them. Each child gets individual at- tention. The nursery has some special equipment that most nursery schools wouldn't have. Standing boards and frames assist children who cannot support their own weight. This equipment allows them to experience the sensation of standing up I and helps to strengthen their ' muscles. Another special feature is a small trampoline. Miss Blair said that jumping is a very difficult skill for these children to learn. The trampoline helps them to develop the sensation of jumping so that they can do so on their own eventually. It also helps them to gain a sense of balance. The children are allowed to do more messy things, such as playing with water and shaving cream, than they would be able to do at a normal nursery school. Miss Blair said that some of the children really enjoy water play and it's good for them because it helps them to relax and develop new sensations. Adding soap to the water creates a different texture and smell. Playing with shaving cream also helps to develop their senses. It has a tex- ture and smell of its own and won't hurt them if they taste it. Some children are given speech therapy and the ones who are blind have been introduced to braille. Others practise gross and fine motor skills such as skip- ping, jumping and working with their hands. After the hour long therapy session, an im- portant circle time follows. This is a time of singing, hand clapping and dancing when the children learn to become aware of and ap- preciate one another. In songs that they sing, each child's presence is noted and those 'who are able play games such as jack-in-the- box and dance with each other. - Snack time is important too. Teaching• the children to feed themselves is a learning experience of its own. Before the children leave for home they are allowed a time of play and crafts, and weather permitting they go outside. They each get a chance to do what they want to do. In the summertime special field trips to the grocery store, the pet store, and the bake shop are organized. Sometimes there are trips to the wading pool in Exeter or the park in Dashwood. The South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded's aim is to help the mentally han- dicapped fit into society. The nursery school is important in that it gives aid to children during their early development. Parents don't have to pay for their children to attend. Miss Blair said that the younger they come into the nursery school the better. Usually they Are referred to the nursery by the Children's Psychiatric Research Institute in London when they are about two years old. Until then, the Institute has an Infant Stimulation Program where small children are visited at home by therapists. Before entering the nur- sery school each child must be assessed by a team of doctors to determine at what level he is functioning. "It's hard for us to say what level the child is functioning without this assessment," Miss Blair said. Miss Blair admitted that there are some children whose condition is deteriorating and there is nothing that can be done about it. These children can do nothing for themselves and rest most of the day. "But the ones that can improvse..are_improving," Miss Blair said. When one of the children came to the nursery he had no speech and couldn't walk more than five steps, she said. Now he has a considerable vocabulary and can walk very well. This child now spends one day a week at the Grand P,And council voted Monday night to. increase fines for excessive noise to a. maximum of $1,900. Prior to. this fines for breaking the village's noise by-law had a maximum. of $200.The minimum for the fines has been. left at $50. Council hoped that by raising the maximum fines, judges would issue harsher Penalties, clerk Louise. Clipperton said. The move to raise the noise fine was prompted by a visit to council by Ron and Mae Piggot, The Piggots, who have a lake front cottage on the north beach „near the. casino, say that excessive noise from parties in their area have kept them awake at nights. They have com- plained to council about loud music and parties on several Huron Hope Day School in Huron Park, a step up from the nursery. The goal of the nursery is to have as many children transferred as possible. It is also hoped that two blind children at- tending the nursery will eventually be able to attend the school for the blind in Stratford. Wendy King, RR 1 Exeter, whose two-year-old son Brian attends the nursery school said that in the six months that he's been there he hasn't improved a great deal but he has become more aware of other children. "He wasn't very responsive to other children when he came here,"Mrs. King said. She is satisified with the nursery and said, "I really like the program and the at- mosphere here." Teaching eight handicapped youngsters Huron Hope nursery in Dashwood